Ballot-box



UNITE S'ITFS PATNT OFFICE.

SAMUEL C. JULLIE, OF NEW' YORK, N. Y.

BALLOT-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 21,684, dated October 5, 1858.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, SAMUEL C. JoLLin, of New York, in the county andState of New York, have invented a. new and useful Construction ofBallot-Box; and I hereby declare that the following is a full and exactdescription thereof.

The object of my .invention is the production of a ballot box whichshall at all times exhibit the condition of the ballotings, in otherwords a ballot box so constructed that the bystanders may see everyballot which is put in, see all the ballots that are in, and see themwhen taken out. And to this end the nature of my invention for thispurpose, consists in the employment of a glass globe mounted in a frame,by which it is held in position, as to exhibit freely all that itcontains, and with a hole at the top of sufficient sizel to admit thehand, and provided with a hinged cover having a hole of the requiredsize to receive the ballots.

In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a side elevation; Fig. 2 a topview of the glass globe; Fig. 3 a horizontal section; Fig. 4 a plan ortop view of the entire apparatus.

The saine letters indicate like parts in all the figures.

The frame is composed of a bottom and top D, C connected together byfour corner posts F, F, F, F. Within this frame is sustained a glassglobe A which fits just within the four posts, the lower part of thespherical form being slightly let into the base I)V of the frame, with ahole B in the upper part made to correspond with a hole in the top C, towhich is fitted a hinged cover E with a hole of sufficient size toreceive the ballots and provided with a hasp and appendages that it maybe locked. In this way it will be obvious that the bystanders can seewhether every ballot that is put into the hole actually goes into thebox, and whether more ballots go into the box than are actually putthrough the ballot hole at top. The whole progress of the balloting isclearly in view, and when the ballots are taken out to be counted itmust all be done in open view.

I do not claim broadly the use of glass in the construction of ballotboxes; but what I do claim as my4 invention and desire to secure byLetters Patent is- The employment of a glass globe in the constructionof a ballot box by mounting the globe, as herein described, so that itshall be simply held in place without concealing the contents, andhaving a hole at top of sufficient size for the hand, which hole is tobe provided with a hinged cover with a hole of the required size to dropthe ballots through, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

SAML. C. JOLLIE.

lVitnesses OWEN E. WARREN, WVM. F. ELLIOT.

